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Proposals for a wealth tax package to tackle extreme inequalities in India
mai 23, 2024 | WID.world

Debates on income and wealth inequality in India have gained significant momentum in recent weeks, partly following the release of our study “Income and Wealth ... Continuer la lecture

THE US’ EXORBITANT PRIVILEGE HAS BECOME A RICH WORLD PRIVILEGE – NEW STUDY CALLS FOR A REFORM OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM
avril 17, 2024 | WID.world

Over the past decades the world has experienced a process of financial integration and capital liberalisation that has permitted an increase in foreign capital accumulation, ... Continuer la lecture

TOP EARNERS AND THE GREAT COMPRESSION IN THE US 1918-1949
mars 28, 2024 | WID.world

Wage inequality in the United States declined substantially in the years surrounding the Second World War. This phenomenon stands out as a primary catalyst in ... Continuer la lecture

Domestic resources insufficient to eradicate extreme poverty, international solidarity needed
mars 26, 2024 | WID.world

The very first Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) reads: “By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than ... Continuer la lecture

Inégalités économiques en Inde : le “Raj des milliardaires” est désormais plus inégalitaire que le Raj colonial britannique
mars 19, 2024 | WID.world

Compte tenu du poids démographique et de la taille géographique de l’Inde, la répartition de la croissance économique du pays a des implications significatives sur ... Continuer la lecture

La première édition du « Global Inequality Research Awards » récompense Bina Agarwal et James K. Boyce
mars 8, 2024 | WID.world

L’étude des inégalités globales a connu ces dernières décennies un essor remarquable : inégalités économiques, sociales et environnementales ont fait l’objet de travaux théoriques et empiriques ... Continuer la lecture

Seventy-five years of measuring income inequality in Latin America
mars 6, 2024 | WID.world

Long considered one of the most unequal regions in the world, Latin America also has a rich history of producing statistics on inequality and poverty. ... Continuer la lecture

Political cleavages in Greece 1981-2019
février 7, 2024 | WID.world

Modern Greek history has been a turbulent one. The devastation of the Civil War (1946-1949) gave way to an ‘Economic Miracle’ in the 1950s and ... Continuer la lecture

Inequality across 700 years
janvier 31, 2024 | WID.world

Following the publication of Thomas Piketty’s book Capital in the Twenty-First Century in 2013, there has been a growing interest in economic inequality and its ... Continuer la lecture